Full Description
For courses in Prehospital Emergency Care Prehospital Emergency Care, Tenth Edition, meets the National EMS Education Standards and is the most complete resource for EMT-B training. This best-selling, student-friendly book contains clear, step-by-step explanations with comprehensive, stimulating, and challenging material that prepares users for real on-the-job situations. Featuring case studies, state-of-the-art scans, algorithms, protocols, and the inclusion of areas above and beyond the DOT protocols, the tenth edition effectively prepares students for success. The assessment and emergency care sections provide the most up-to-date strategies for providing competent care; and the enrichment sections further enhance students' ability to assess and manage ill and injured patients in prehospital environments. The text's table of contents is organized to follow the National EMS Educational Standards.
Contents
PART 1
Standard Preparatory
Standard Public Health
1. Emergency Medical Care Systems, Research, and Public Health
2. Workforce Safety and Wellness of the EMT
3. Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues
4. Documentation
5. Communication
6. Lifting and Moving Patients
PART 2
Standard Anatomy and Physiology
Standard Medical Terminology
7. Anatomy, Physiology, and Medical Terminology
PART 3
Standard Pathophysiology
8. Pathophysiology
PART 4
Standard Life Span Development
9. Life Span Development
PART 5
Standard Airway Management, Respiration, and Artificial Ventilation
10. Airway Management, Artificial Ventilation, and Oxygenation
PART 6
Standard Assessment
11. Baseline Vital Signs, Monitoring Devices, and History Taking
12. Scene Size-Up
13. Patient Assessment
PART 7
Standard Pharmacology
14. Pharmacology and Medication Administration
PART 8
Standard Shock and Resuscitation
15. Shock and Resuscitation
PART 9
Standard Medicine
16. Respiratory Emergencies
17. Cardiovascular Emergencies
18. Altered Mental Status, Stroke, and Headache
19. Seizures and Syncope
20. Acute Diabetic Emergencies
21. Anaphylactic Reactions
22. Toxicologic Emergencies
23. Abdominal, Gynecologic, Genitourinary, and Renal Emergencies
24. Environmental Emergencies
25. Submersion Incidents: Drowning and Diving Emergencies
26. Behavioral Emergencies
PART 10
Standard Trauma
27. Trauma Overview: The Trauma Patient and the Trauma System
28. Bleeding and Soft Tissue Trauma
29. Burns
30. Musculoskeletal Trauma
31. Head Trauma
32. Spinal Column and Spinal Cord Trauma
33. Eye, Face, and Neck Trauma
34. Chest Trauma
35. Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma
36. Multisystem Trauma and Trauma in Special Patient Populations
PART 11
Standard Special Patient Populations
37. Obstetrics and Care of the Newborn
38. Pediatrics
39. Geriatrics
40. Patients with Special Challenges
41. The Returning Combat Veteran
PART 12
Standard EMS Operations
42. Ambulance Operations and Air Medical Response
43. Gaining Access and Patient Extrication
44. Hazardous Materials
45. Multiple-Casualty Incidents and Incident Management
46. EMS Response to Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction
Appendix 1. ALS-Assist Skills
Appendix 2. Advanced Airway Management
Answer Key
Glossary
Index
